JP2017219607A - Training support device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training support device with which a user alone can perform not only training effective for prevention of dementia but also sufficient care afterwards.SOLUTION: A training support device makes a user indicate a plurality of objects displayed on a screen to perform processing related to the indicated object and determines whether a function of the user is influenced or not on the basis of results information of training in the past for each identified user and recently obtained results information. When determined that the function of the user is influenced, warning information on the user is output.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a training support apparatus that causes a computer to execute a process related to an instructed object by causing a user to instruct a plurality of objects displayed on a screen, such as a medical facility, a care welfare facility, a training facility, The present invention relates to a training support apparatus suitably used in a local facility.

  Traditionally, training in the body, writing, and conversation has been promoted a lot in training environments at nursing homes and psychiatric facilities, but there has been a noticeable change especially in training related to cranial nerves, eyes, nerve interlocking, and cognitive prevention. Since it is not understood, the current situation is not regarded as important. On the other hand, even if the body is healthy, if the brain function, nerve function declines, or suffers from a disease, it becomes impossible to control the body and mind, and it can lead social life due to problems such as social participation, economic burden, mental burden, etc. You will be driven into a difficult situation.

  In addition, nursing care facilities have a problem of shortage of nursing staff due to low wages and heavy labor, and there are few excellent nursing staff. Currently, it is difficult to perform sufficient training, recording, and care.

  As a training apparatus in such a care facility, an apparatus for instructing a user with numeric buttons arranged in a matrix on a touch panel screen is known. For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-106918) and the like are known. It is disclosed.

  This device using a touch panel screen needs to move the fingertip to a specific position instantly according to information obtained from vision, so it is considered to be effective as a training device for cognitive prevention / improvement, reflex nerve improvement, etc. In addition, since the user can operate alone without requiring the assistance of an assistant, it is used in various facilities.

JP 2013-106918 A

  However, using the device of Patent Document 1 as a training device for cognitive prevention, etc. is effective for user training, but since the device is performed by the user alone, data collection and care are inefficient. There was a problem that it tends to be sufficient.

  Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a training support device that allows a user to perform effective training for cognitive prevention alone, and can sufficiently perform subsequent care. It is.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a training support apparatus having the following configuration.

The present invention is a training support device that performs processing related to an instructed object by causing a user to instruct a plurality of objects displayed on a screen,
Identification means for identifying the user;
Display means for displaying a plurality of objects in a specific area of the screen;
Instruction detection means for specifying the coordinates instructed on the screen and the elapsed time until the instruction operation ends for the instruction operation performed by the user on the object;
Storage means for accumulating result information obtained by the support detection means for each identified user and storing result history information;
Determination means for determining whether a training result has an influence on the function of the user based on the result history information accumulated in the storage means and the result information obtained by the instruction operation;
If it is determined by the determining means that the function of the user is affected, warning output means for outputting warning information about the user;
A training support apparatus is provided.

  Preferably, the display means displays the objects having different sizes and display numbers in a plurality of display patterns in which the objects are arranged in a grid pattern.

The instruction detection means statistically records the position of the object displayed in the specific area and the instruction coordinates in the object in addition to the correct answer rate of the instruction operation, and information on object position and instruction coordinates Record
Preferably, the instruction detection unit determines a change in the function of the user based on a change in the object position information and the instruction coordinate information from the result history information.

  In addition, the instruction detecting unit records the moving direction and moving speed of the designated coordinates sequentially designated by the user for each area obtained by dividing the screen into a plurality of areas, and the determining means includes the divided area and the moving speed. It is possible to determine the function change of the user based on the information.

The training support device is connected to the administrator terminal to form a network system,
The warning output means preferably transmits the warning information to an administrator terminal.

  According to the present invention, the user can perform training alone by instructing the user of the object displayed on the screen. In addition, by storing the training result history for each user, it is possible to take a history of training results, etc., and determine whether or not a change has occurred in the user. When the warning information is output, the user can be alerted at a nursing facility, for example.

  Moreover, the change with respect to a user can be made easy to determine the kind of change of a user by providing the several display pattern from which a magnitude | size differs. Further, by using the position of the object and the designated coordinates in the object as an index of change, it is possible to determine a more detailed change in the user.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the training assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the processing arithmetic unit of the training support apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the training assistance apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the training screen displayed on the training assistance apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of eye-hand training of the training assistance apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of a screen display of the training of the eyes and hands of the training assistance apparatus of FIG. It is a schematic diagram explaining the support area | region of an object. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the color dialogue training of the training assistance apparatus of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the determination by the direction of the instruction | indication which a function determination part performs. It is a conceptual diagram explaining the division | segmentation area | region of the screen used for the moving speed determination of the designated coordinate which a function determination part performs.

  Hereinafter, a training support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The training support apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is arranged in various facilities such as medical facilities, care welfare facilities, training facilities, and regional facilities, and the facility user uses information obtained through vision such as reflexes and judgment ability. Used to train you to do the right action quickly.

  The training support device 1 is a system that includes a processing operation device 2 in which a general-purpose computer or the like is used, a touch panel screen 3, and a user authentication device 4, and is connected to an administrator terminal 5 via a network NT. Here, the manager terminal 5 is a terminal used by a manager of the facility, and is used by, for example, a care assistant.

  In this embodiment, the processing arithmetic device 2 performs a training support process described later by installing an application program for performing a processing operation described later on a general-purpose computer. Note that the processing arithmetic device 2 may be configured by a dedicated processing device instead of a general-purpose computer.

  The touch panel screen 3 has a configuration in which a touch panel is disposed on the surface of the liquid crystal display device. When the user touches the touch panel arranged on the surface of the liquid crystal display device using a finger or an indicator stick, the touch panel is configured to output the coordinate information of the contact position to the processing arithmetic device 2. . The touch panel screen is not limited to a liquid crystal display device, and can be used as long as it can be combined with a touch panel such as an EL display or a plasma display and can display an object described later at an appropriate resolution. . The touch panel can be a capacitance type or a pressure sensitive type.

  In this embodiment, the touch panel screen 3 uses a 27-inch screen, but is not limited to this. However, the use of a relatively large screen widens the arm movement range, which is preferable from the viewpoint of cognitive prevention and the like.

  The user authentication device 4 corresponds to an example of an identification unit of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a device for identifying a user by biometric verification of the user is used. Examples of biometric verification include fingerprint authentication, face authentication, vein authentication, pupil authentication, and the like. As long as the user authentication device 4 can identify the user himself / herself, the configuration is not particularly limited, and the user card can be read using a card reader or the like, or the user can be identified by a user ID and a password. It is also possible to do. When an ID and a password are used, user authentication processing may be included in the program of the processing arithmetic device, and the user authentication device 4 as a separate configuration from the processing arithmetic device 2 is unnecessary.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the processing arithmetic device according to the present embodiment. As described above, the processing arithmetic device 2 is a general-purpose computer installed with a program for training support, and can be functionally divided into functional blocks shown in FIG.

  The control calculation unit 10 controls the processing operation of the training support apparatus 1 and performs overall operation control. Further, the control calculation unit 10 executes various training programs described later.

  The user DB 11 records information related to the user, history of the questions given by the user, information related to the training result, and the like, and records necessary information in association with each user.

  The I / F circuit 12 is connected to the processing arithmetic device 2 and the touch panel screen 3 and the user authentication device 4 which are external devices, and manages various kinds of information communication between the processing arithmetic device 2 and the external device.

  In the processing operation for training support described below, the processing arithmetic device 2 has the following functional blocks that control characteristic functions of the processing operation.

  The image processing unit 13 performs screen display including a plurality of objects on the touch panel screen 3. As will be described later, these screen displays have a plurality of display patterns, and control the screen display with an appropriate display pattern according to an operation signal from the control calculation unit 10.

  The coordinate detection unit 14 specifies coordinates on the screen obtained by the user instructing the touch panel screen 3.

  The time-lapse unit 15 is for measuring the elapsed time until the specific processing is performed in the processing operation. The elapsed time performed by the aging unit 15 will be described later.

  The function determination unit 16 compares the information regarding the training result of the specific user stored in the user DB with the information regarding the new training result, and determines whether or not the user function has changed. Information and processing procedures for confirming a user's function change performed by the function determination unit 16 will be described later.

  The information output unit 17 manages the creation of a warning signal to be transmitted to the administrator terminal 5 through the network when it is determined that the user's function has changed.

  Based on the above hardware configuration, the training support processing operation procedure executed by the training support program will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the training support apparatus of the present embodiment.

  When the user instructs the start of operation on the touch panel screen 3 according to the training support program, the control calculation unit 10 authenticates the user (# 1). As described above, the user authentication is the biometric authentication information of the user obtained by the user authentication device 4, and the user is identified by comparing the authentication information with the information stored in the user DB 11. To do.

  Next, a training selection is made. The selectable training may be selectable for a specified user, or the same menu may be shown to all users regardless of the user.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a training menu selection screen. In this embodiment, five types of training are prepared as training menus, and the same menu is displayed for all users. Both the training selection screen and the training screen are created and displayed on the screen by the image processing unit 13.

  As shown in the menu selection screen 20 in FIG. 4, five types of training are prepared: eye and hand training 21, instantaneous memory 22, addition training 23, multiplication training 24, and color dialogue 25.

  In this embodiment, can any selectable training be instructed to the user within a predetermined time from among a plurality of objects displayed in a grid pattern on the touch panel screen within a predetermined time? Although it is common in that the correctness is determined depending on how, the conditions for specifying the object to be instructed by the user are different. It becomes the standard of motion intelligence evaluation that grasps the information seen with these eyes and moves the fingertip to a specific place. These trainings are effective in improving cognitive functions and frontal lobe functions, and the results of training can be used as one of the effective parameters in function determination described later.

  In the eye-hand training 21, a plurality of objects arranged in a grid are displayed, and the color of the arbitrary object is inverted. The user performs an operation of instantaneously selecting and instructing the inverted object. When an object is instructed within a time set in advance by the user, the color of the object changes, and it can be visually confirmed that the answer is correct.

  In the instantaneous memory training 22, a plurality of objects with numbers arranged in a grid pattern are displayed, and the numbers to be memorized in the question are highlighted for a predetermined time. The number of objects to be highlighted is preferably about 1 to 5. The user performs an operation of selecting the number to be memorized from the object. When the object selected by the user is a correct answer, the color of the object changes, and it can be visually confirmed that the object is a correct answer.

  In addition training 23 and multiplication training 24, a plurality of numerical objects arranged in a grid are displayed, and a mathematical expression for addition or multiplication is displayed for a question. The user performs an operation of selecting an object indicating the answer of the mathematical formula. When the object selected by the user is a correct answer, the color of the object changes, and it can be visually confirmed that the object is a correct answer.

  In the color dialogue training 25, a plurality of objects arranged in a grid are displayed, and the colors of the objects are displayed differently. In addition, a colored object which is a problem is displayed, and the user performs an operation of selecting an object having the same color as the problem.

  Details of these five trainings will be described later.

  When the user selects training in the training selection menu, the coordinate detection unit 14 specifies the selected menu from the designated coordinates, and the selected training is activated (# 3). Here, as an example, a case where eye and hand training is selected will be described. The eye-hand training screen 30 shown in FIG. 5 displays an object display area 31 in which a rectangular object with an arbitrary number written in the center is displayed in a grid and a setting result area 32.

  The number of objects displayed in the display area 31 is 240 from 0 to 239 in FIG. 5, but the number and size of these objects can be selected from a plurality of display patterns. For example, in the example of FIG. 6, 60 objects are displayed. 5 and 6, some of the numbers displayed in the object are omitted.

  In the setting result area 32, training condition settings, a start button, an intermediate progress, and the like are displayed. As the condition setting, an upper limit (for example, 1 to 10 seconds) of a setting time until the object is selected after the color is inverted is set. When the user selects the start button after setting, the object displayed in the object display area 31 is color-inverted at random. If the user can indicate an object whose color has been reversed within the set time, the answer is correct, and if the user cannot indicate within the set time, the answer is determined to be incorrect. The elapsed time unit 15 counts the set time and counts until instructed.

  Note that the object to be inverted is randomly determined using a random number table or the like. Further, information related to the question such as the position on the screen of the questioned object and the displacement direction is stored in the user DB 11 as a question history.

  The question history includes position information (coordinates) on the screen of the object to be inverted, and may be position coordinates for each object, and the display area is divided and managed, for example, into a plurality of areas, and which area is the inverted object. It may specify whether it belongs to. The position information of the inverted object is used for function determination performed by the function determination unit 16 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the coordinate detection unit 14 specifies the coordinates instructed by the user on the touch panel, and determines that the target object has been selected when the coordinates are within the range of the object 31 a. . The coordinate detection unit 14 also determines which part of the object 31a has been selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the object 31a is divided into four regions (34a to 34d), and the region supported by the object on the touch panel (showing the state where 34b is selected in FIG. 7) is also recorded as a result. .

  The number of correct answers and the number of incorrect answers are counted, and the number of correct answers and the number of incorrect answers, the elapsed time for each question and the correct / incorrect results are displayed in the setting result area 32.

  Training ends when a predetermined number of questions or a predetermined time elapses, and information on the result and the date of training is recorded in the user DB 11.

  FIG. 8 shows a screen display example of the color dialogue training 25 as another display example of the training screen. In the color dialogue training 25, an object display area 36 and a setting result area 37 in which a plurality of objects having different colors arranged in a grid are displayed as described above.

  Ten rectangular objects 38a and a reference question object 38b are displayed in the object display area 36, and training is performed by the user selecting and instructing an object having the same color as the question object 38b. . Further, the set time and the elapsed time are the same as those in the training screen shown in FIG. 5, and if an instruction is not given within a predetermined time after the question object 38b is displayed, it is determined to be an incorrect answer.

  Also in this training, the training ends when a predetermined number of questions or a predetermined time elapses, and the answer result in the training and information on the date and time of the training are recorded in the user DB 11 in association with each other (# 4). Information relating to the recorded training results and the like is accumulated in a state classified for each user and stored as result history information.

  When the training ends, the function determination unit 16 of the processing arithmetic device 2 refers to the result history information to determine whether there is any influence on the user's function from the training result (# 5). In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not any functional deterioration has been observed in the reflexes and the degree of recognition of the user.

  The function determination performed by the function determination unit 16 is performed by comparing the accuracy rate of the training result and the statistically output elapsed time with the past result history information and the current result history information. For example, when it is obvious that the recent accuracy rate has dropped compared to the previous accuracy rate, it is determined that the function is degraded. The judgment period of the past correctness rate and the recent correctness rate is appropriately determined according to the number of years the user has used this apparatus, the frequency of use, and the like. The function judgment using the accuracy rate and elapsed time is not statistically compared with the comparison of numbers, but is also performed statistically including the behavior of past numerical changes. It is determined that

  In addition, in order to determine the functional deterioration, in addition to the accuracy rate and elapsed time of the user, refer to the position on the screen of the object to be pointed, the number and size of the questioned object, and the pointed position of the object You can also As for the position of the object to be indicated on the screen, for example, as shown in FIG. The displacement of the correct answer rate for each movement direction), the area indicated by the object (change in the indicated position within the object), the correct answer rate for each position within the display area of the object displayed on the screen, etc. .

  As described above, the touch panel screen 3 of the present invention uses a 27-inch screen, divides the object display area 31 into left and right areas 31L and 31R, and further divides the left and right divided areas into a lattice shape. It is divided into nine, and these 18 divided areas are managed. As this area management, according to the present embodiment, the actually instructed position, moving direction, and distance are recorded regardless of whether the object is correct or incorrect.

  For example, on a 27-inch screen, the horizontal direction is about 60 cm and the vertical direction is about 34 cm. If the distance between the screen and the user is 50 cm, the horizontal angle of view is about 30 degrees in the horizontal direction. Within these angles of view, the direction and moving speed (derived from the distance between the pointing points and the elapsed time) are obtained for the user's designated location, and based on the moving speed in these divided areas, etc. As a feature, an area where the moving speed is fast and the direction can be instructed quickly is recorded. These pieces of information are also used for determination of function deterioration, for example, when the decrease in movement speed is remarkable in a particular area.

  The determination of functional deterioration may be made by comparison with standard data including clinical data of others in the past. The standard data can be created based on past examples that appear to be functionally degraded from a large amount of information such as result history information of other users of the training support apparatus. Further, the result history information of other users may be collected from other devices through a network and may be accumulated in, for example, another management server that manages standard data. In this case, the training support apparatus preferably receives standard data from another management server at an appropriate timing and stores it in the apparatus.

  As a result of the function determination, when it is determined that there is no function deterioration, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a possibility of functional degradation, processing for outputting a warning signal is performed (# 6). This process is executed by the information output unit 17.

  The warning signal includes information for identifying the user such as a name and information on function deterioration, and is transmitted from the training support apparatus 1 to the administrator terminal 5. Since the administrator terminal 5 is a terminal used by a care assistant or the like as described above, the user's symptoms can be confirmed in advance by directing attention to the user.

  As described above, according to the training support apparatus 1 according to each of the above-described embodiments, the user can perform training alone, and the training results are stored by storing the history of the training results for each user. You can take a history such as. In addition, the function determination unit can determine whether or not a change has occurred in the user. When the change has occurred, by outputting warning information to the user, for example, in a nursing facility or the like. Attention can be given to this, and post-workout care can be performed.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can implement in another various aspect. In the above embodiment, the function determination performed by the training support apparatus according to the present invention does not need to use all the information according to the above embodiment, and can be appropriately selected and used according to the function to be determined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Training assistance apparatus 2 Processing operation apparatus 3 Touch panel screen 4 User authentication apparatus 5 Administrator terminal 10 Control operation part 11 User DB
12 I / F circuit 13 Image processing unit 14 Coordinate detection unit 15 Timed unit 16 Function determination unit 17 Information output unit 20 Menu selection screen 30 Training screen

Claims (5)

A training support apparatus that performs processing related to an instructed object by causing a user to instruct a plurality of objects displayed on a screen,
Identification means for identifying the user;
Display means for displaying a plurality of objects in a specific area of the screen;
Instruction detection means for specifying the coordinates instructed on the screen and the elapsed time until the instruction operation ends for the instruction operation performed by the user on the object;
Storage means for accumulating result information obtained by the support detection means for each identified user and storing result history information;
Determination means for determining whether a training result has an influence on the function of the user based on the result history information accumulated in the storage means and the result information obtained by the instruction operation;
If it is determined by the determining means that the function of the user is affected, warning output means for outputting warning information about the user;
A training support apparatus comprising:   The training support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the objects having different sizes and display numbers in a plurality of display patterns arranged in a grid pattern. The instruction detection means statistically records the position of the object displayed in the specific area and the instruction coordinates in the object in addition to the correct answer rate of the instruction operation, and information on object position and instruction coordinates Record
The training according to claim 1, wherein the instruction detection unit determines a function change of a user based on a change of the object position information and instruction coordinate information from the result history information. Support device.   The instruction detecting means records the moving direction and moving speed of the designated coordinates instructed continuously by the user for each area obtained by dividing the screen into a plurality of areas, and the determining means includes information on the divided area and moving speed. The training support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a function change of the user is determined based on the function. Connect to the administrator terminal to configure the network system,
The training support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the warning output unit transmits the warning information to an administrator terminal.

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